Heinie Heltzel
Overview
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third baseman
Third baseman
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...
in Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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who was born and died in York, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania
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Heltzel played in 40 major league games as an infielder
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.-Standard arrangement of positions:In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles...
for the Boston Braves
Atlanta Braves
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(1943) and Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
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(1944). He debuted with the Braves on July 27, and played his last game with the Phillies on August 6, . He had a career batting average
Batting average
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of .157 with 17 hits and 5 RBIs. His career fielding percentage
Fielding percentage
In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball...
in 29 games at third base was .880 - 68 points below the league average of .948 for third basemen during the years he played.
"Heinie
Heinie
Heinie may refer to:*A slang term for the buttocks *A derogatory term used for German soldiers that originated in World War I, short for Heinrich*A crewcut haircut...
" was a popular nickname for German baseball players in the early part of the 20th Century.